Egypt Says Won't Stand Idle in Libya if Security is Threatened

Arab World

July 16th, 3:46pm

Asharq Al-Awsat

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets with the Libyan tribal leaders. Egyptian Presidency's Facebook page

Egypt will not stand idle in the face of any direct threat to Egyptian and Libyan security, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Thursday. Tribal leaders who flew in from Libya’s Benghazi told Sisi at a meeting in Cairo that they authorized him and the Egyptian army to intervene in their country "to protect Libyan sovereignty", the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. "Egypt will not stand idle in the face of any moves that pose a direct threat to the national security, not only the Egyptian and Libyan, but also the Arab, regional and international ones," he added. The meeting between Sisi and the tribal leaders took place a day after the Libyan parliament urged Cairo to intervene militarily in Libya's civil war and ward off Turkey’s threat. Turkey has sent fighters to back Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) against the Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar.

from Asharq AL-awsat https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/2393886/egypt-says-wont-stand-idle-libya-if-security-threatened